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Hornets Basketball To Face Sam Houston State

ASU will play at Sam Houston State in the opening round of the CIT.
Alabama State University's men's basketball season is not over yet. The Hornets have accepted an invitation to play in the CollegeInsider.com (CIT) Postseason tournament. ASU will face Sam Houston State Tuesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. The game will be played at Sam Houston State in Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum.

ASU (19-12) heads into the CIT winners of four of its last five games this season while the Bearkats (23-10) enters the tourney also winners of four of their last five. The 23 wins SHSU brings into the tournament are the most wins by any of the teams in the CIT Field.

ASU fell to eventual Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Champion Texas Southern in their last game, while SHSU fell to Stephen F. Austin in the finals of the Southland Tournament.

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FIRST ROUND
Monday, March 17
Holy Cross (19-13) @ Brown (15-13) 7:00 pm

Tuesday, March 18
VMI (19-12) @ Canisius (20-12) 7:00 pm
Wright State (20-14) @ East Carolina (17-16) 7:00 pm
Norfolk State (19-14) @ Eastern Michigan (21-14) 7:00 pm
Chattanooga (18-14) @ ETSU (18-15) 7:00 pm
Columbia (19-12) @ Valparaiso (18-15) 7:05 pm
Alabama State (19-12) @ Sam Houston State (23-10) 7:00 pm
Portland State (17-14) @ San Diego (16-16) 10:00 pm

Wednesday, March 19
Quinnipiac (20-11) @ Yale (15-13) 7:00 pm
Towson (23-10) @ USC Upstate (19-14) 7:00 pm
Cleveland State (21-11) @ Ohio (23-11) 7:00 pm
Akron (21-12) @ IPFW (24-10) 7:00 pm
Murray State (18-11) @ Missouri State (20-12) 8:05 pm
North Dakota (17-16) @ Nebraska-Omaha (16-14) 8:07 pm
Texas A&M Corpus Christi (17-15) @ Northern Colorado (18-13) 9:00 pm
Pacific (15-15) @ Grand Canyon (15-14) 9:00 pm

SECOND ROUND
March 21-22

QUARTERFINALS
March 25-27

SEMIFINALS
April 1

CHAMPIONSHIP
April 3

*Semifinals and Championship will be aired live on CBS Sports Network
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